Thanksgiving 2012 is coming! As a great festival observed around the world, Thanksgiving is the time for people to show gratitude and respect to others. Of course, gift for Thanksgiving 2012 is required on that day. Though new items are added to the list of Thanksgiving Day gifts each year, traditional gifts like Thanksgiving card have never out of fashion. In fact, the evolution of Thanksgiving card is also quite impressive. People have managed the swift from sending Thanksgiving post card to Thanksgiving e-card and from purchasing Thanksgiving card to making Thanksgiving card. Generally speaking, making DIY card for Thanksgiving 2012 is becoming more and more popular.

In general, the homemade card can always express people’s best wishes to friends in a sincere way. However, in most cases, people will meet all kinds of problems on making Thanksgiving 2012 card. Flash card for Thanksgiving 2012 is amazing in effect, but it calls for professional knowledge about Adobe Flash. Moreover, Thanksgiving Flash card can only be viewed on computer and some tablets. Post card for Thanksgiving 2012 is simple but it is out of fashion. Therefore, this post will focus on making Animated GIF card for Thanksgiving 2012 with PowerPoint. This Thanksgiving 2012 card is not only easy to make but also compatible to most devices.

Step 1: Since this is about making Thanksgiving 2012 card with PowerPoint, one needs to download free PowerPoint templates for Thanksgiving in the first place. When the templates have been downloaded, the Thanksgiving card will be done with just a few tricks.

Step 2: Open the template and then type “Happy Thanksgiving 2012” little by little in each slide. For example, when there are three slides, tying “Happy” in the first slide “Happy Thanksgiving” in the second slide and then “Happy Thanksgiving 2012” in the third slide. Make sure words in each slide are positioned in the same place.

Step 3: Click “File” button and choose “Save As” option to export those slides as GIF images. Then download and launch Ulead GIF Animator 5, a professional tool designed to make Animated GIF images.

Step 4: Open Ulead GIF Animator 5 and choose “Open Image…” option in the drop-down menu of “File” to import the image of first slide. Then choose “Add Frame” option in the drop-down menu of “Frame” and import the photo of the second slide to the new frame. Do the same to add the photo of the third slide as a new frame. Then customize the delay time of each slide.

Step 5: After that, click “File” button and choose “Save As” option in the drop-down menu. Then choose “GIF File…” option to export the photos as an Animated GIF image. When it is done, one has managed the process of making Thanksgiving 2012 card with PowerPoint. Of course, one can also refer to PPT to Image Converter to convert PowerPoint to Animated GIF image directly.